Ashtray with extinguisher for cigarettes or cigars



May 2, 1939. VAJDA 2,156,906

ASHTRAY WITH EXTINGUISHER FOR CIGARETTES OR CIGARS Filed May 1, 1936 Patented May 2, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ASHTRAY wrrn nx'rnvcnrsima roa CIGARETTES oacreAns Franjo Vajda, SI. Brod, Yugoslavia, assignor to Dr. Josip Abramovic, Brod n/S., Yugoslavia Application May 1, 1936, Serial No. 77,415

1 Claim.

This invention relates to ash-trays combined with cigarette and cigar extinguishers.

It is known that unextinguished cigarettes and cigars cause smoke and a disagreeable odour in closed rooms. Extinguishers are also known whose dimensions are adapted to those of cigarettes and cigars and also ash-trays on whose wall an extinguisher is mounted so that it can oscillate only in one direction.

According to the invention a known hollow cylindrical extinguisher is mounted on the upper side of the peripheral wall of an ash-tray in such a manner that it can oscillate only towards the middle of the ash-tray.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which:--

Fig. 1 shows a portion of an ash-tray in elevation with extinguisher mounted thereon and shown in vertical section, v v

Fig. '2 is a vertical section through the ash-tray and extinguisher taken at right angles to Fig. l.

The extinguisher consists of a hollow cylindrical body I closed at its lower end and oscillatably mounted in two parallel rods 2 formed on the upper side of the peripheral wall 4 of the ashtray on horizontal pintles 3 formed by two coaxial pins projecting horizontally outwards from two diametrically opposite points of the tubular extinguisher. These pins are arranged in the upper half of the length of the extinguisher to ensure that its open end is always directed upwards. To ensure that the extinguisher always comes to a standstill in this position and to pre vent it from swinging beyond its vertical position in outward direction a step-shaped abutment I is formed by a cut-away portion on the bottom of the extinguisher l which abutment 1 comes into contact with a counter abutment 6 on the upper side of theash-tray wall 4, and thus arrests the swinging movement of the extinguisher.

As the counter abutment 6 is formed by a groove 8 cut in the upper side of the ash-tray wall, the. upper end of the extinguisher can be swung inwards towards the middle of the ashtray.

To extinguish a cigarette, the lighted end is pressed into the open upper end of the extinguisher, whereupon the extinguisher can be swung on its pintles and the extinguished cigarette tipped into the ash-tray. When the extinguisher is released, it returns automatically into its original position and is again ready for use. v \t The ash-tray may be 01 any shape with a vertical peripheral .wall, and the whole article which is of simple construction may be made of any suitable material such as sheet-metal, marble, porcelain, glass, artificial stone, or of any hard non-inflammable material.

I claim:

An ash-tray comprising in combination a tray with a vertical peripheral wall, two parallel upwardly projecting rods formed on the upper side of said wall, a tubular extinguisher closed at its lower end and arranged between said rods, horizontal pintles formed by two coaxial pins projecting horizontally outwards from diametrically opposite points of said tubular extinguisher in the upper half of its ength, said pins being journalled in bores in sa d rods and adapted to oscillatably support said extinguisher on said arms, a step-shaped abutment formed by a\ cutaway portion on the bottom of said extinguisher directed towards the middle of the tray, and a counter abutment formed on the upper side of said wall between said rods by a groove extending partly across the uppervside of said wall from the outer side thereof, said abutment being adapted to cooperate with said counter abutment to arrest the tilting movement of said extinguisher towards the outer side of said tray.

FRANJO VAJ'DA. 

